Vehicle

Review

Since 92, I have owned 3 ranger 4x4's.
A 92,98 and 2004. I wish I had my 98
back. I had 2dr's and bought a 4 dr,
thinking my 5 yr old daughter would
like it better, WRONG! It's noisy, on
the highway and the engine makes more
noise than the 98 4.0/v6. I see short
cuts, like mud flaps, no skirting in
wheel wells, high back buckets that are
comfortable but lots of blind spots. I
rate the 04 at a 2 because I think Ford
was more interested in the F-150 and
caturing the market with that model,
thus leaving the best selling small p/u
out of the picture for 2004.

† Edmunds.com received the highest numerical score in the proprietary J.D. Power 2014 Third-Party Automotive Website Evaluation Study℠. Results based on responses from 3,381 responses, measuring 14 companies and measures third-party automotive website usefulness among new and used vehicle shoppers. Proprietary study results are based on experiences and perceptions of owners surveyed from January 2014. Your experiences may vary. Visit jdpower.com.